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ICalkitfyn remained near the haven, and the twa 

 other companies were difpatched to the Northern point 

 cf the ifland. KudyakofF flopped at a place called 

 Kalaktak, which contained about forty inhabitants ; Tlc- 

 kaleff went on to Inalok, which lies about thirty verits 

 from Kalaktak. He found there a dwelling with about 

 feventy inhabitants, whom he behaved to with kindnefs : 

 he built an hut for himielf and his companions, and 

 kept a conftant watch. 



December the 4th, fix of the partv beinq; difpatched '^" '''"^ c.cw, 



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to look after the pit-falls, there remained only five Ruf- ftrovcTby'ths 

 fians : namely, Peter TfekalefF, Stephen Korelin, Dmitri 

 Bragin, Gregory Shaffyrin, and Ivan Kokovin : the 

 iflanders took this opportunity of giving the firft proofs 

 of their hoftile intentions, which they had hitherto 

 concealed. As Tfekaleff and Shaffyrin were upon a 

 vilit to the iilanders, the latter fuddenly, and without 

 any provocation, ftruck Tfekalefl:' upon the head with 

 a club, and afterwards ilabbed him with knives. They 

 next fell upon Shaffyrin, who defended himfelf with an 

 hatchet, and, though defperately wounded, forced his 

 w^ay back to his companions. Bragin and Korelin, who 

 remained in the hut, had immediate recourfe to their 

 fire-arms ; but Kokovin, who was at a fmall diftance, 

 was furrounded by the favages, and thrown down. 

 They continued flabbing him with knives and darts, 

 until Korelin came to his afTiftance ; the latter having 



M 2 wounded 



